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Peru, 
BrazilOne of South America's few remaining uncontacted tribes is photographed from the air on the Peru-Brazil border.
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United StatesThe US army records the highest number of suicides in a year since records began, with 115 deaths in 2007.
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Italy, United StatesLatin American and Caribbean delegates are to meet for food crisis talks ahead of a UN summit in Rome.
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JapanPolice in Japan arrest a woman for living in a man's wardrobe for several months without him knowing.
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Aruba, 
AustraliaAustralia begins an inquiry into the sinking of HMAS Sydney, one of the great unsolved mysteries of World War II.
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Aruba, 
United KingdomAustralian energy firm Origin rejects a $13bn takeover bid from UK power company BG Group.
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United StatesUS Democratic hopeful Barack Obama condemns the rhetoric in a supporter's sermon mocking Hillary Clinton.
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NigeriaIt will be at least seven years before Nigeria can generate enough electricity for its needs, the president says.
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PakistanA seven-year-old student of a religious seminary in Pakistan dies after he is punished by his teacher, police say.
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ThailandA Thai cabinet minister allied to ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra quits amid claims he criticised the monarchy.
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PolandPoland asks the European Commission for more time to privatise its ailing shipyards, amid EU irritation over Polish state aid.
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Iraq, 
Saudi ArabiaThe head of the CIA says al-Qaeda is essentially defeated in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, and on the defensive elsewhere.
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TurkeyA leading Turkish gay rights group says it will fight its court-ordered ban for "violating morality".
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NicaraguaTropical Storm Alma hits Nicaragua, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people and flooding low-lying areas.
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IndiaA new government, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party takes power in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
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Japan, 
ChinaTokyo shelves a military flight carrying quake aid to Sichuan amid Chinese fears of an anti-Japan backlash.
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Iraq, United StatesA US marine is removed from duty over claims he distributed coins with biblical verses to citizens in Iraq.
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CroatiaA Croatian court for the first time convicts a Croatian general for war crimes against Serbs.
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SpainFuel protests triggered by rising oil prices spread to more countries across Europe, with strikes by fishermen.
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YemenA gunman kills at least eight people after opening fire at a mosque in Yemen, officials say.
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Chile, 
PanamaChile's national police chief is killed along with 10 others when their helicopter crashes in Panama.
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Antigua and Barbuda, AustraliaHosts West Indies take on Australia in the second Test of the series at Antigua.
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AustraliaA woman in Australia has given birth to a healthy girl after a rare full-term ectopic pregnancy.
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IndiaThe son of an influential Indian politician is sentenced to life imprisonment for a high profile murder.
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BurmaA senior UN official says any coercion of Burmese cyclone victims to return home is completely unacceptable.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's ex-leader FW De Klerk says the heritage of apartheid cannot be blamed for the xenophobic attacks.
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Burundi, 
TanzaniaThe leader of Burundi's last active rebel group, the FNL, returns from exile in Tanzania four days after a ceasefire.
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United KingdomThe last British resident to be held in Guantanamo Bay is to be charged with terrorism, the BBC learns.
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FranceFrance's ruling party opposes a court decision to annul a marriage on the basis that the wife lied about being a virgin.
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ZimbabweAnglican leaders ask the UN to intervene in Zimbabwe to protect Christians from political violence.
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NepalNepal's government formally tells the deposed monarch to vacate the royal palace within the next two weeks.
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FranceFifth seed Serena Williams and her sister Venus, the eighth seed, are both beaten at the French Open.
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United StatesPresident Bush uses a US drug trafficking law to impose financial sanctions on a Kurdish rebel group.
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ArubaRicky Ponting becomes the seventh batsman and the third Australian to score 10,000 Test runs.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says his country is an "unmitigated embarrassment" to Africa.
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